Re: [GFCFKids rice dream ice cream

[Guest guest]

Is rice Dream ice cream gfcf? I know there was talk awhile back that

their milk is not gf. Is this true of ice cream as well? Do they use

barley malt?

[Guest guest]

Is rice Dream ice cream gfcf? I know there was talk awhile back that

their milk is not gf. Is this true of ice cream as well? Do they use

barley malt?

[Guest guest]

This is what I read on their website www.imaginefoods.com. I give my

son the chocolate Rice Dream without any problems. Hope this helps.

Kim

Which of your frozen dessert products are completely dairy free?

Our basic line of Rice Dream Frozen Dessert products is completely

free of dairy ingredients. However, a number of our items and flavors

contain added chocolate or carob coatings, chips, coated almonds or

peanuts.

Since we cannot make these carob and chocolate coating products

ourselves, we purchase them from a very reputable, California based,

natural ingredients supplier, nSpired.

Like most confection companies, nSpired's manufacturing facility for

chocolate and carob products includes the production of milk

chocolate products. Due to the nature of chocolate manufacturing and

cleanup, it is impossible to absolutely guarantee 100% that no trace

amount of dairy ingredients is present when non-dairy chocolate

formulations are produced. nSpired adds no dairy ingredients of any

kind to their formulas for any non-dairy chocolate or carob product

that they make for us, or sell themselves.

Each batch of nSpired chocolate or carob is lab tested to detect the

presence of trace amounts of dairy. If any trace amount is detected,

the chocolate is rejected.

nSpired can only " guarantee " the products to be dairy free down to a

level of 0.5%.

Because their carob and chocolate is only one ingredient in our

frozen desserts, if there were to be any trace of dairy in their

product below 0.5%, it would be in Rice Dream Frozen Desserts at a

parts per million level.

Cloud Nine, an East Coast based chocolate company making Tropical

Source bars, obtains guaranteed 100% dairy free chocolate from

Israel, where no milk chocolate is run on the same manufacturing line

as the nondairy chocolate. As far as we are aware, this Israeli

source is the only plant in the world that does this.

Because of our manufacturing needs for different ingredients, and the

timing for obtaining these products, purchasing from the Israeli

company is not a practical solution that could work for us.

We remain very confident in the integrity and quality of the

chocolate and carob products we purchase from Sunspire. However if an

individual is extremely allergic to the presence of even trace

amounts of dairy (parts per million), it is our advice that s/he

avoid the use of any of our Rice Dream products which contain

chocolate or carob coatings or chips. These include the items and

flavors listed below. The rest of our line of Frozen Dessert products

are 100% dairy free and can be safely consumed even by highly

allergic individuals.

We are currently in the process of printing a warning on the

appropriate packages to indicate the possible presence of dairy at a

parts per million level.

The following flavors of Rice Dream Frozen Novelties and flavors in

pints and quarts may contain trace (parts per million) amounts of

dairy:

All flavors of Rice Dream Frozen Pies and Bars

Chocolate Chip

Mint Carob Chip

Vanilla Swiss Almond

Mint Chocolate Chip

Cherry Chocolate Chunk

Chocolate Almond Chunk

Double Espresso Bean

Peanut Butter Cup

> Is rice Dream ice cream gfcf? I know there was talk awhile back

that

> their milk is not gf. Is this true of ice cream as well? Do they

use

> barley malt?